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Press releases in 2002

Bolivia: Will the new government defend human rights defenders?

In a new report published today, the organisation details 13 cases of human rights defenders who have been victimised because of their legitimate human rights work. These include activists, lawyers...

Bahrain: Amnesty International concerned that new legislation allows impunity for human rights offences

The letter also expressed concern that a new decree effectively grants impunity for any human rights violations committed before February 2001. Decree No. 56 for 2002 issued by His Majesty on 23...

World AIDS Day: human rights central to battle against AIDS

'Social exclusion, economic deprivation and discrimination are integrally linked to HIV/AIDS.' 'Those who are on the social margins of society, who are denied access to their most basic human rights -...